Local

Stillwater’s Lift Bridge Brewery was found guilty of misleading their investors of Lvly in a 1.8 million dollar scandal, but the brewery argued that they were prevented by the rapidly changing laws around hemp in the state of Minnesota.

(Source: The Star Tribune)

Two teenagers are being held in juvenile custody after one of them was caught bring a gun to Brooklyn center school.

(Source: The Star Tribune)

National

With the U.S. at war with Iran and in conflicts around the world, the White House is seeking $1.5 Trillion for defense in a new budget request. This request would amount to about a 40% increase from what the U.S. spent on the Pentagon.

(Source: The New York Times)

Muslim private schools are trying to join Texas’s new voucher program, which is among the largest in the nation. The voucher program has set off political and legal fights in Texas as Republicans are vowing to stop what they call “radical Islamic indoctrination.”

(Source: The New York Times)

International

Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, has declared that the U.S.’s war against Iran is in the name of Jesus; Pope Leo vehemently disagrees.

(Source: The New York Times)